URIteacherknowledge - Context Report - Questions to Answer About the District

	What is the Question?	Why is this Question Interesting?	What Data Can We Use to Answer this Question?	Author	= Top 5 ?s
1	Where does my district get money to run its schools?		District Funding Sources	Jay Fogleman	1
	How much money does my district spend on each student?		District Spending on Education	Jay Fogleman
2	What is the educational standard?		NCLB compliance data 102 Res Graduation Requirements		2
3	What is the student/teacher ratio?		102 Res student-teacher ratio http://infoworks.ride.uri.edu/2007/state/indicators.pdf		3
4	What is the percentage of students receiving special education support programs?		http://infoworks.ride.uri.edu/2007/state/profile-char-class.pdf http://infoworks.ride.uri.edu/2007/state/participation-ds.pdf		4
5	What kind of transportation does the district provide?		RI School Mandates		5
6	How many students are in the district?		State Census Info4
7	What is the SES? (Social Economic Status)		102 Res SES
8	What are the teacher qualification standards?		how well our teachers teach
9	What sports do the district offer?		http://manila.risd41.org/athletics/teamPages
10	What accomodations for vocational classes?		Information provided on school district site